Solons blame PNoy for rising power cost
ADMINISTRATION ally Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and opposition lawmakers on Sunday blamed President Benigno Aquino III, the Energy Department and the Energy Regulatory Commission for the growing power mess that threatens to punish consumers with the highest electricity rates in history. Reading high. A Meralco man reads the meters on an electric post in Tondo, Manila, from the raised shovel of a company truck. Lino Santos Trillanes challenged the President to apply political pressure on Meralco and others responsible for the problems besetting the power industry.
MANILA, Philippines—At least 7.5 million Filipinos, including children, are vulnerable to trafficking and may also find it difficult to enrol in schools, find jobs, travel or run for office—all because their births were not registered. Birth registration establishes the official identity of a child and protects them from harm and exploitation, according to Sen.